DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 08/21 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 75.7 - - 73.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 15 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2161 - - 1573 - - 446 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 1864 - - 922 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3050 - - 2462 - - 1335 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1919 - - 3260 - - 2450 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 274 - - 147 - - 44 W* B/S - - - - - - 5 - - 2 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 10 - - 11 - - 8 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 224 - - 219 - - 218 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 8 - - 7 - - 4 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -4 - - -9 - - -1 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - -1192 - - 87 - - 71 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4242 - - 2375 - - 1264 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -3702 - - -1282 - - -748 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6752 - - 3744 - - 2083 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 84 - - 95 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 880 - - 2330 - - 2690 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 76.4 - - 75.7 - - 73.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 61.0 - - 68.1 - - 70.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 75.8 - - 75.7 - - 73.7 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 59.7 - - 67.1 - - 70.0 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 115 - - 15 - - -4 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2161 - - 1573 - - 446 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 37 - - 80 - - 102 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 14 - - 16 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99386 21 092 14 079 11 071 99386 91904 15 097 10 086 12 069 91904 86128 16 091 13 083 12 085 86128 81337 14 076 12 083 12 091 81337 77197 5 023 7 072 11 089 77197 73532 4 170 4 230 6 021 73532 70211 6 101 6 167 1 241 70211 67147 5 277 4 205 5 278 67147 64293 5 277 7 242 8 260 64293 61522 12 291 12 282 11 298 61522 58649 16 282 18 276 22 298 58649 55687 18 278 22 264 25 272 55687 52875 19 286 19 280 22 285 52875 50355 27 298 24 296 24 289 50355 48101 32 295 25 300 25 288 48101 46056 34 290 27 300 27 294 46056 44184 36 280 32 302 32 299 44184 42455 35 271 35 303 37 300 42455 40852 33 271 38 305 41 298 40852 39359 33 269 39 306 44 302 39359 37966 29 260 37 306 45 306 37966 36635 26 249 34 304 47 305 36635 35289 24 246 33 303 46 305 35289 33890 22 248 32 302 41 311 33890 32441 20 249 29 301 37 308 32441 30924 19 246 27 298 31 307 30924 29328 19 246 25 296 30 311 29328 27654 22 247 25 293 31 308 27654 25900 23 252 27 290 32 306 25900 24067 22 263 29 288 31 302 24067 22160 21 273 28 288 29 300 22160 20173 20 277 27 289 28 296 20173 18100 21 282 25 287 27 292 18100 15985 21 287 20 281 22 286 15985 13943 21 286 17 276 19 284 13943 12085 25 277 20 275 19 286 12085 10434 25 272 24 282 19 286 10434 8971 21 261 23 281 19 285 8971 7671 17 255 22 274 19 280 7671 6514 14 254 21 258 19 269 6514 5485 15 262 19 249 19 259 5485 4576 17 266 17 236 18 250 4576 3774 17*261 16 228 16 242 3774 3055 13*243 15*225 15 239 3055 2421 11 224 14*223 15 244 2421 1892 10 220 12 220 12 231 1892 1485 9 218 11 217 11*223 1485 1205 9 216 10 216 10*219 1205 1035 8 215 9 215 9 218 1035 938 7 214 7 213 5 216 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography